USO: Intro

Signing for fans and a bit of an intro vid:

3 Sep 2010 | by miri | No Comment

But on the court, my friends…

3 Sep 2010 | by miri | 3 Comments

USO: Rafa blog #3

Thanks to RafaNadalUnoffi – here’s the most recent blog and Q&A.

Hello everyone, Let me just say that I had a terrible practice today and wasn’t happy at all. It is strange.

I really started well, the first 45 minutes but when I played I didn’t do well. We play this game called 11, and that is a tie-break to 11 but with no serve. You just put the ball in play. I lost every single one.

So I was really

3 Sep 2010 | by miri | 2 Comments

USO: Rafa blog #2

Thanks again to Rafangel. First, the blog:

Click here to send Rafa a question

Hello everybody,

It is really hot in New York City. It might sound strange from some one like me, from Mallorca, used to the sun, but it really is. These last three days have been horrible and I have to say that to play during the day it must have been tough. I practiced today and warm up yesterday when the sun was out and wow, it

2 Sep 2010 | by miri | 17 Comments

USO: elmundo Q&A #1

Rafa’s answered some questions for elmundo.es. The Google mangling is pretty trippy. Nice to hear him confirm he often asks for a late start.

2 Sep 2010 | by miri | 2 Comments

USO RafaLint: September 1st

It’s time for Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to showcase their rivalry in a U.S. Open final by Mike Lupica

There Rafael Nadal was late Tuesday night, in neon-green tennis shoes or maybe Gatorade-green shoes that looked like something Lady Gaga might accessorize with, serving even better than he did the day and night he took Wimbledon from Roger Federer a couple of years ago, once again making tennis a sport to watch and the U.S. Open the kind of big show it

2 Sep 2010 | by miri | 4 Comments

USO: First round videos

Last game:

Posted by vamosrafelnadal.

From Inés:

or via the rtve.es site.

Post match interview with Canal:

Posted by Patxy270180.

1 Sep 2010 | by miri | 17 Comments

USO: Rafa blog #1

Thanks to Rafangel for sending this in!

Hello everyone,

Here I am again writing this blog, this time from New York. Last time I wrote to you all was after my Wimbledon win earlier this summer. I know it was a couple of days after but I made it … so here I am again, excited and happy to write this blog. It kind of brings me good luck, but the most important thing is that it allows me to communicate directly with all of you

1 Sep 2010 | by miri | 14 Comments

USO: First round presser

Rafa’s presser via the USO site (direct link to video):

Q. Do you prefer to have a night like tonight to start a tournament: a very difficult match to get under your belt? Or would you rather play for an hour and 10 minutes and get it over with?

RAFAEL NADAL: I prefer play one hour and 10 minutes. Win easier, no? Everybody wants win easier. That’s no excuse about that, no?

I think that no one wins easy, no? Roger did last

1 Sep 2010 | by miri | 19 Comments

USO: First round photos

Some photos from tonight’s close match.

Photos by Chris McGrath/Getty Images, REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton, EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images, and AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams.

1 Sep 2010 | by miri | 32 Comments